Example sentences of "[adv] have [be] a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he was saying could as easily have been a lecture delivered to a silent class : the starchy language , the self-satisfied delivery . |
| 2 | While there may have been isolated instances which appear to confirm this interpretation ( for example , in 1970 the Soviet Union bought up Costa Rica 's excess of coffee , which may well have been a factor contributing to the establishment of diplomatic relations the following year ) , other such instances have been similarly small-scale and the evidence overall is against it . |
| 3 | It could equally well have been a photocopy supplied by the employee . |
| 4 | ‘ By his assurance , condescension , ease of posture and conversational initiative , ’ said a Times editorial , ‘ Mr Kennedy might just as well have been a bishop testing a candidate for ordination . ’ |
| 5 | This might on the one hand have been positive pressure for improvement ; it could equally have been a move to prevent closure . |